Angela Rayner’s future in doubt as she admits she should have paid more tax: Live updates

Angela Rayner has been dubbed ‘Three Pads’ Rayner following her purchase of a flat in Hove.

She is said to have saved £40,000 in stamp duty on the apartment because she removed her name from the deeds of a family property in her constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester.

The deed changes supposedly allowed Ms Rayner to pay £30,000 in stamp duty instead of £70,000, which would have been applied if the Hove property was her second home.

But the Hove flat is not her ‘main residence’ for council tax purposes, with the Ashton-under-Lyne home remaining her primary residence.

This is said to save some £2,000 in council tax on her third home, a three-bedroom grace-and-favour flat in Admiralty House.

Here’s what Angela Rayner said about the then Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi who resigned over a tax error in January 2023.

Kemi Badenoch has asked Sir Keir Starmer why Angela Rayner is still in office following her admission on underpaying stamp duty.

In response to the Conservative leader, Sir Keir said Ms Rayner has gone ‘over and above’ setting out the detail of her tax affairs which he said included asking a court to lift a confidentiality order relating to her son yesterday.

The Prime Minister adds he’s proud to sit beside Rayner who has risen from a ‘working class background’ to Deputy Prime Minister.

Earlier, Ms Rayner took her seat on the frontbench and received a hug from Commons Leader Lucy Powell before the session started.

Angela Rayner was in tears as she admitted she hadn’t paid enough stamp duty on a property she purchased in Hove.

She was reported to have saved £40,000 in stamp duty on the flat because she removed her name from the deeds of a family property in her Ashton-under-Lyne constituency, meaning the Hove property is the only property she owns.

She told Sky’s Electoral Dysfunction podcast:

I’ve been in shock, really, because I thought I’d done everything properly, and I relied on the advice that I received and I’m devastated because I’ve always upheld the rules and always have felt proud to do that.

That it is devastating for me and the fact that the reason why those confidential clauses were in place was to protect my son, who, through no fault of his own, he’s vulnerable, he’s got this life-changing, lifelong conditions and I don’t want him or anything to do with his day-to-day life, to be subjected to that level of scrutiny.

Here’s our breaking news story on Angela Rayner following the Deputy Prime Minister’s admission she underpaid stamp duty on her second home.

Ms Rayner admitted her error during an interview with Sky News which emerged this morning.

Stick with us for more developments and reaction with Prime Minister’s Questions about to take place.

Hello and welcome to the Daily Mail’s live blog as Angela Rayner admits she did not pay enough stamp duty on her second home and has considered resigning.

The Deputy Prime Minister said that she has referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards.

Ms Rayner said she had received inaccurate tax advice and had spoken to her family about quitting.

The Housing Secretary has been under intense pressure over her tax affairs after media reports about her purchase of a flat in Hove.